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enLet's Imaginehttp://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/lets-imagine
<p><span class="inline inline-left"><a href="/content/js-bach"><img src="http://interactive.wxxi.org/files/images/bachbust_0.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-medium " width="120" height="225" /></a></span>The RPO’s Annual Meeting, Having Been Held in Rochester’s Opulent Eastman Theatre, Later Discussed by The Busts of Bach and Beethoven Over the Exits</p>
<p>Johann: Grüß dich! That brass quintet, sehr gut! Don’t you think, my old friend?</p>
<p>Ludwig: Ja, ja, I almost heard it! I think it was almost as compelling as the players’ rousing performance of The Firebird by the Russian Wild One, Herr Stravinsky. (He pauses, leans over, whispering) But I believe the young man who spoke afterward, Herr Owens, may have a Napoleonic complex. Did you catch all his mumbling about fame and glory, making the RPO famous around the world?</p>
<div class="image-clear"></div><p><a href="http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/lets-imagine" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://interactive.wxxi.org/blogpost/lets-imagine#commentsBachBeethovenCharles OwenJeff TyzikRPOThu, 10 Jan 2008 20:00:39 +0000Brenda Tremblay340 at http://interactive.wxxi.org